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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

PIETER MATTHIJSSEN, OF EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS.

GARD-FUNGI-IING MACHINE.

Application filed July 12, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PIETER MA'JTHIJSSEN, a subjectof the Queen of the Netherlands, residing at Eindhoven, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, have invented new and useful Improvements in Card-Punching Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved machine for punching cards for weaving looms and has for its purpose to secure a machine in which the said punching operation is antomatically and directly effected according to any given pattern or design which is to be reproduced by the weaving operation. This machine makes use as other similar machines, of a metallicpl'ate, galvano or other similar reproduction of the pattern to. be woven, cooperating with a contacting needle or style and with an electric circuit comprising one or more electromagnets actuating the perforators or punches but is especially distinguished from the old machines of the same class by a reduced number of electromagnets and coiiperating elements and by the simplicity ofits construction.

To this end, the invention consists in special combinations and arrangements of the several coiiperating parts of the machine as will he hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the annexed drawings: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic View of an electric circuit includin g one of the operating elements of the machine. Fig. S2 is a side view, partly in section of a machine embodying the invention; Fig. 3 is a front view of the machine shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows separately a punched card as obtained with the machine shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Figs. 5 'to 19 show diagrammatically the construction and also the connections of various switches or current distributers adapted to be used in conjunction with the improved machine, and

certain weaving diagrams hereinafter re ferred to.

According to the invention is made use of a metallic plate carrying a reproduction of' the. pattern, or design which isto .be woven, for instance of a galvano or electro typesuch as can be obtained by any wellknown photographic process, the recessed portions of said metallic plate being covered with any appropriate insulating or non-conducting material such for instance as gelatin, shellac or. any other material hav- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1911. Serial No. 501,207.

cuit with an electromagnet actuating a punch or perforator in such a manner that the con tact of said style with the metallic parts or raised portions of the plate results in the closing of the electric circuit through the electromagnet which is thus caused to put the corresponding punch out of action or to unlock the same. On the contrary, when the contacting needle or style on a part of the metallic pattern or galvano which is covered with insulating or non conductin'g material, the circuit remains interrupted through the electromagnet and said electromagnet remains without any action upon the corresponding punch which is then locked and adapted to punch a hole in the card.

The several operating elements just described are shown in Fig. 1 in which 1 designates the metallic plate carrying the copy or reproduction of the pattern or design- ,WhlCll is to be woven. "lhe recessed portions 2 of said metallic plate are-supposed to be covered with a suitable insulating material. The metallic part of the plate 1 is connected bya wire 3 to one pole of battery at, the second pole of which is'connected by a wire 5 to one end of the winding of an electromagnet .6; the secorid end of said winding is connected by a wire 7 to a contacting needle or style 8 which is adapted to be displaced over the surface of the galvano or design-carrying plate 1. lhe ironcore of the electromagnet (3 is placed in front of a little armature of soft iron fixed to asupporting hook 9 which is suspended from a bar 10. To the lower end of the supporting hook 9 is pivoted a bar 11. having at its opposite end a plate or stop 12 resting normally upon a needle 13 having its lower end fixed to a punch 14 placed above a table 15 which is provided with a hole 16 adapted to give passage to the punch 14. The paper .17 of the card which is to be punched, passes over the table 15 and a plate 18 is placed above the needle 13 and is provided with a hole l9.for the passage of the needle 13 when said needle is lifted .after having been released or unlocked by the stop 12 of the pivoted bar 11.

The principle of the machine will be readilv understood from the above description:

or style 8 moves along a line suchas 20 over 'If it be. assumed that the contacting needle a protected or insulated portion 2 of plate the plate 1, the said style will pass successively upon metallic port-ions of the plate and .upon other portions conveniently covered with the'insulating material 2. When the style rests upon a non-protected orblank- 1, the'electromagnet 6 remains out of action and the stop 7 8' rests upon the top of needle 13. In the first case, ifthe table 15 over which the paper 17 is conducted, is

lifted in the direction of the arrow '21, the.

needle 13 resting by the punch 14 upon the paper 17, will be lifted with said paper and will pass freely through the hole 19in the plate 18 without punching the paper 17. In the secondcase, that is to say if the elec-.

tromagnet remains out of action, the stop 12 resting on the top of the needle 13 will be lifted. together with said needle on the lifting of table 15. The bar 11 will then be pivoted on the end of the armature-hook 9 and the stop 12, being thus brought before the hole 19 of plate 18,, will prevent the pas sage of the needle 13 through said hole. The needle 13 and also the punch 14 will thusbe prevented from being further lifted and during the lifting movement of table 15, the punch 14 will punch a hole through the paper while passing through the hole 16 of table 15. I

It will be readily understoodthat the above described elements can: be arranged -'so as to automatically operate all the punches 14 which could be required for the complete punching of the card 17. To this end, it will be necessary to provide a number of punches 14 and needles 13 corresponding to the number of holes which are required in the card or, m otherwords,

corresponding to the number of needles or lifting-wires of the jacquard. A convenient and simple arrangement would consist. for instance 1n comb ning with each needle 13 a stop 12 pivoted by a bar 11 at the end of an armature-hook 9 and, in providing in front of each armature an electroma net 6 as shown in Fig. 1. In this case in order to successively operate each punch 14 1t would be necessary to make use of a switch or current distributer, the position of which is shown at 22 Fig. 1.' The-said switchwould successively close the circuit of the battery through each of'the elect-romagnets 6 in such a manner that after each stroke of the style 8 over'the metallic plate 1, thatis to say after a passage of the style 8 upon the plate 1 corresponding to line- 20 for instance, all the electromagnets 6 would have been successively energized or would have been left without current according to the metallic portions or insulated portions of the plate which have been in contact with the style 8. Then'after eachstroke of the style it would be suflicient to lift the table 15 in order to punch the paper 17 on the Wholesurface which is worked at a time. After the punching, the paper could be fed conveniently'while, at the same time, a bar 23 (Fig. 1) having an upand down movement, would act upon the incline of the pivo t'ed bars 11 so as to replace the steps 12 in their position above the top of the needles 13. According to one feature of the invention however the number of electromagnets 6 can .be considerably reduced and need not correspond to the number of punches which are to be put in action. Indeed, on considering a card such as 24, shown in Fig. 4, it will be observed that each of the surfaces 25, corresponding to one of the faces of an ordinary card-cylinder, must be provided with a number of holes 26 sufficient to simultaneously operate all the needles or lifting wires of the jacquard; the said, holes 26 are arranged in a succession of rows 27 and 28 which are alternately repeated upon the length of thetromagnet, aft-er havlng coiiperated with the punch corresponding to the first hole 29, of the first row 27 can be used, after an interval of time in conjunction with the punch corresponding to the first hole 30 of the second row 27 provided that said electromagnet be conveniently displaced so as to be placed in front of the arm ature=hook 9 corresponding to said punch. A similar displacement of the electromagnet 6 can be effected for'each first hole of each row 27, on the length of the surface 25, and also for each second hole of the same rows and so on in such a manner that 448 holes, divided,

into 28 pairs of rows comprising 16 holes in each pair, of rows, will only require 16 electromagnets' conveniently distributed or arranged so as to first coiiperate with the The paper 17 is carried by a drum 31,-

passes on two Wheels 32 provided with acting in holes 34 (Fig. 4) pro- '4 the punches of a second row which are then conducted between guides 36' and over \"Jhepapcr is fed' 'gradually over the table strictly limited by the action of a lockthe said )unches are arranged in rows and in line with the punches of the second row vided in the "edge 35 of. the paper and is a tablergj havingan up'ai'id down movementaand corresponding to the table '15 already describedwith reference to Fig.1. The paper is then conducted between guides 387 75 5 "mr twocliihgcg 91provided with pegs 40 and is rolled again on a drum 41."

37, each feed corresponding to the width of the surfaces 25, each of which represents a V 7 card of the card-cha1n.:; The said fee'd can be produceckby anysuita-ble means for instance: as follows: The" wheels 39 are" mounted on shaft 43 provided with a disk having laterally projecting pins 44 which are acted upon by a hook 45 pivoted on the end of a lever 46 adapted to oscillate at 47 in a fixed bearing 48; said lever 46 is provided "with a roller 49 resting upon a cam 50 mounted on a'shaft 51. The hook.

is held in engagement with the pins 44 by a. spring 52. XVhen the boss 50 of cam 50 acts on the roller 49, the hook 45 pulling on pin 44, with which it is in engagement, causes the shaft 43 to be partially rotated, thus causing a corresponding feed of the paper 17. The rotation of the shaft 43 is transmitted by [gear-wheels 58--54 and 55 to the shaft 56 carrying the paperfeeding wheels 32 and in order to secure a regular and uniform displacement of the paper, each partial rotation "of the shaft 43 ing roller 57"wl'1ich is engaged between two consecutive pins .44 and is supported by an oscillating bar 58 whichis acted upon by a spring 59. i J y Y The paper-punching mechanismismounted above the table 37 and comprises the punches 14 already described with reference to F 1; said punches are arranged in rows so as to correspond to the position of the holes shown in Fig. 4. In other words each row comprises eight punches; the punches of the, first row are followed by placed in the intervals between the punches of the first row; the punches in the third row are in line with the punches in the first row and the punches in the fourth row are and so on along the whole length of the machine. it has been supposed that the paper must be provided with 'a maximum of 448 holes for each surface of the card cylpunches 14 arranged in 28 pairs ofrows having each 8 punches. The said punches are guided by a plate 60 suitably perforated and forming a kind of grid; each punch has a corresponding needle 13 and said needles pass tl'irough guiding plates 6l,also suitably perforated and forming a kind of grid and whichare supportedgatboth ends in the side-Walls 62 (Fig. 3) of a box 03 containvcscribed, whichfiiscarried by a bar 11 pivotv ally connected tof'ithe endof an armature hook 9..' The several bars 11 are spaced from one another by pins 64' placed between the guiding-plates or grids) 61. The supporting baLI sLILO fOr-the armature hooks 9 are supportedlat i theirendsin the walls of box bars are provided with notches 1'33; the sa i r65 j fidapted 'to conveniently space thewarmatureihooks 9' from one another and to secure tlifsame in proper position. Two vertical supportsgt} are placed in the box 63' and the"'elec't thereon. fThefs'aid electromagnets are siX- teen in number'afiduare suitably arranged so as to lock orz'unlock the punches 14 in the orderlin which the punching of the holes "agnets 6 are carried is'to be effected. Inother words, thelowermost electromagnet 67 for instance is placed 'in front ofthe armature hook 9 corresponding to the first punch 14 which has to punch the first hole 29 of the first row of holes 27. The second electromagnet 68 is placed in 'front of the armature hook 9 corresponding to the first hole of the second row of holes 28 while the third electromagnet 69 corresponds to' the punch for the second hole of the first row "27. The drawing shows clearly that the order of location ofv the electromagnetsis infaccordance with the regular order of the holes forming each pair of rows of holes 27 and 28. However, as the sixteen electromagnets, after having acted upon the punches '14 corresponding to a first pair of rows of. holes, 27 and 52S, must act upon the punches of the second pair of hole-rows, and so on,- 1t is necessary to give them a regular and uniform translating movement correspending to the movement of the style 8 over the metallic plate 1. To this end, the vertical supports 66 of the electromagnets are carried by two beams 70 to which a regular mqvement, is transmitted by a lever 71 acted upon by a cam 72 securing the uniformity of movement of the supportsTO during a time-unit. Said cam '72 is mounted on the shaft 73 of the machine which drives through a pinion 74 asecond pinion 75 mounted on the shaft 51 carrying the cam 50. The bars 23, returning the connecting bars 11 and the stops 12' in their original position above the needles 13 after each action of the machine are carried, outside the box 63, by movable supports TGFsPitably guided and adapted to be moved up and down by cams 77 mounted on the shaft 51 and, acting upon rollers 78 which are carried by arms TQ-fixed to the movable supports '76. The table 37 is moved up and a roller 80 mounted on a slide 82 bodily connected with the table 37. The machine is further provided with a current distributer or switch, not shown in Figs. 2 and 3 but which will be described further in details and whichcorresponds to the switch 22 shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. The

' saidswitch sends the current of the battery I 4 successively in each of the electromagnets 6 while the style 8 is displaced overthe metallic plate 1 of a given quantity which is determined by the number of pairs of holethe beams 70 controlling the movement of rows with which--the card must be provided.

In the example shown, said quantity corresponds consequently to 1/28 of the total stroke of the style 8 over the metallic plate as indeed the total length of the said plate is proportional to the length of the surfaces 25of the card.

In order to obtain a strictly synchronous movement of the style 8 and of the electromagnets (J, the style can be fixed on one of the electromagnets. The metal plate-l can be fixed on the machine-frame and is adapted to be moved forward under the style after each stroke of said style. The plate could also be of cylindrical form and adapted to' be displaced regularly under a fixed style according to well-known arrangements which need not be further described.

The machine acts as follows: At the beginning of a rotation of shaft 73, the electroinagnets 6 are placed in front of the armature-hooks 9 corresponding to a first pair of rows of punches while simultaneously the switch sends the current successively in each of said electromagnets; after a partial movement, the electromagnets come in front of.

the armature-hooks 9 corresponding to the second pair of rows of punches 14 and so on, in such a manner, that for a rotation correspomhng to A of a revolution of the shaft '73, t e sixteen electrcmagnets 'pass successively in front of the total number of armature-hooks corresponding to the punches provided in the machine. Simultaneously the style 8 has effected a longitudinal stroke 20 over the metallic plate 1. -When the electromagnets have reached the end of their stroke with the beams 70, all the stop-plates 12o'f the needles 13 corresponding to the punches liwhich leave a blank in thecard, have unlocked said needles while the others have been left in position above the top of the needles so as to lock them and to pre vent theirupward movement. At this moment, the boss 5O of cam 50 acts upon the roller 80 and lifts the table 37 together with the paper 17 which is punched by all the punches, which are locked by the closing of the holes 19 by the stop-plates 12. hen the boss 5O has passed under the roller 80, the beams return the electromagnets 6 in their original position during the last quarter of revolution of the shaft 73, while the i boss 5O acting upon theroller 49 causes the feed of the paper 17 to take place; at said moment also the earns 77 acting upon the rollers" 78 lift the bars 23 which, enacting on the pivoted bars ll, return to their nor-.

mal position those of the stop-plates 12 which have been displaced. The machine is then ready for a second operation, that is to say for the preparation of the punching of the next card. Said preparation takes place, asalready described, on a'second displacement of the style 8 over .the metallic plate in conjunct-ionwith the displacement of the electromagnets in front of the armature hooks 9 .controllingthe locking and unlocking of the punches 14. The machine operates consequently absolutely automatically and the punching operation is effected directly according to the galvano or'electhe des gn trotype or other reproduction of which is to be woven.

As it will be readily understood, the ma chine as above described only makes in the card the holes corresponding to the several portions of the metallic plate which are re-' cessed and covered with insulating material so as to prevent the passage of the current.

On the contrary such portions of the card which'correspond to the metallic portions of the plate which are in contact with the style,

are left blankor unperforated. Conse- I quently to certain portions of the metallic plate, correspond portions of the card which are entirely perforated and to other portions of the metallic plate correspond other portions of the card .which remain blank or unperforated and to such portions correspond the lifting and the lowering of all the warp threads of the woven fabric without providing in the perforated portions of the card a number of blanks and in the blank portions .1. number of holes corresponding to the.

bindings. The machine as described could therefore only be used for punching cards for. manually operated looms in which, as is well-known, the binding threads or, the

groups of binding threads are lifted. and

lowered by means of harnesses separately actuated by a tread'le motion.

hen the invention is tobe applied to the punching of cards used in mechanically driven looms such harnesses cannot be used onaccount of the high tension of the warp threads and of the operating conditions of such looms which make impossible the use of separated harnesses for the binding threads. In this cas it is necessary to provide-in the card a number of holes and blanks corresponding to the bindings. In other words, when the style moving over the metallic plate closes successively the circuits of the electromagnets, it isneccssary to provide special means preventing the action of certain of the electromagnets in sucha manner as to punch the necessary holes to secure the lifting of the threads corresponding to the kind of binding which is to be obtained and, inversely, when the style is moving over an insulated portion of the metallic plate, it is necessary to provide for the action of certain of the electromagnets soas to prevent the punching of certain holesin the card. To this end it is necessary to combine with the current distributer or switch 22 (Fig. 1), one or more auxiliary switchessecuring a direct passageof the current to certain contacts of the main switch and interrupting permanently the passage of the current to other contacts accordlng to the binding in such manner that, whatever may be the distribution of the current resulting from the movement of the style over the metallic plate, certain electromagnets are permanently included in the circuit or permanently cut out of the circuit by the rotation of themain switch 22. Figs. Ste 19 show.different constructions ofswitches adapted for the purpose and also the construction of the main switch 22. Fig. 5 shows diagrammatically the connections in the case of a machine constructed as before described and provided'vwith sixteen electromagnets *having a uniform and-regular translating movement corresponding to the -movement of the style 8 over the metallic plate. Fig. 6 is a separate sectional View of the auxiliary switch. Figs-7 and 8 are two views of details of said switch. Fig. 9 shows diagrammatically a kind of binding adapted to be produced with the switch arrangement of Fig. 5.

. grammatically the general arrangement of the switch in the case of a binding affecting a number of threads different from the number of electromagnets. Figs. 11 and 12 are two views of details of a second auxiliary switch which is used in said arrangement. Fig.1?) shows the bindings sccured by such an arrangement. Fig. 14 shows schematically a correction which is to be made in practice in the position of the pieces of contact of the switch shown in Fig. 11. Figs. 15, 16 and 17 show separately'the elements of a third construction of auxiliary'switch which is used to secure the binding shown in Figspls and 19.

In Fig. 5, a is the. galvano or metallic plate (referred to by the numeral 1 in Fig.

1); E) is the battery (4 in Fig. 1),(: is the front of said contacts.

Fig. 10 shows dia-- g g. The auxiliary switch is constructed as follows: Aplate or disk 5 (Fig. 6) is provided with a number of contacts j (Fig. 7) (eightinthe construction shown) to each of which two conductors ic 7a are connected and lead to the contacts 9 of the main switch (Z. The disk 2' is further provided with a metallic ring Z, embedded in the disk i and permanently connected by a conductor Z with thebattery b. In front of the disk '5 (Fig. 6) is mounted a second disk m (Fig. 6) a'daptedto rotate infront of the disk 5 and carrying a conducting sleeve m upon which bears a brush 027. connected tothe style (2 moving over the metallic plate a.

The conducting sleeve m is bodily connected with a disk 777/ provided with a number of metallic pins m corresponding with the contacts j of the disk i and placed in The disk in is provided with two recesses or cut out portions m so as to be outof contact with two of the pins m of the disk m,- the said two pins are marked in. and m in Fig. 5. To the pin in, located in the insulating material of'the disk m corresponds second pin m facing the metallic ring Z arranged in the disk 2'. Consequently, by aid of a conducting yokem', for instance, it is possible to securea direct passage of the current between the ring Z and. the pin in of. the rotating disk on. Similarly, laterally to the pin in, which is also insulated from the disk m a pin m is placed in such a manner that the passage of the current from the ring Z to the pin m is permanently interrupted at the place of pins m and m The current of the battery 5 passes directly from the conductor Z to the metallic ring land then to the pin m the conducting yoke m thepin m and the con ductors Zc7c which are connected to the corresponding contact j, that is to say to the contact which is in front of the pin m; the said conductors Z: 7a lead to two contacts of the main switch d. On the other hand, the

current coming from the battery 6 passes also through themetallic plate (1, the style 0.

the brush m the sleeve m -and the disk m and is then sent by said disk and the pins in connected thereto, to the pins j of disk 2' with which the pins m are in contact. From the pins '7' the current is also con- .ducted by conductors 70 7a" tothe co responding contacts of the main switch d.

In the construction shown, the electromagnets e are arranged in the same order as in Fig. 2 and it has been assumed that they are gradually displaced so as to lock or un lock the punches in the manner already de-\ scribed. x i v As in the previous construction ithas consequently been admitted that the jacquard possesses a maximum of 448 needles or lift ing-Wi'res requiring 448 punches which are successively controlled by sixteen electromagnets. It may be useful to state again that the said sixteen electromagnets have to operate 28 times during their complete displacemcnt. It will be obvious, consequently,

that the main switch (Z which is provided with sixteen contacts corresponding with the sixteen electromagnets, must, for a complete displacement of the electromagnets, send 28 times the current in each of the double contacts 9 9; But as the rotating arm h I is put in action by a transmitting gear controlled by the main shaft of the machine, it

stroke of the electromagnets, the. arm h also makes a full number'of revo'lutions. Said condition is secured practically by actuating the arm A by means of a multiply gear so proportionated that, for a complete revolution of the main shaft of the machine, the auxiliary shaft carrying the arm it makes say: 35 revolutions. This being the case, 28 revolutions will be used for the action of the sixteen electromagnets during their forward stroke and 7 revolutions will be effected during thereturning or back stroke of the electromagnets during which they are without action in the machine.

of the switch f.

Should the auxiliary switch f not be pro-' vided, the current coming from the battery 7) and passing through the metallic plate a and the style a, would be sent directly to the switch arm h and would be distributed sue-- cessively to the several contacts marked 1, 2, 3, 15, 16 oi; the switch 0? and consequently to the corresponding electro magnets 1, 2, 3, 15, 16. The said electromagnets would be actuated in the order indicated with reference to Figs. 2 and 3 and the action would be repeated 28 times for each acting stroke. described would be fulfilled and the machine would produce the looking or unlocking of the punches according to the position of the style 0 over the metallic plate a and neither holes nor blanks would be provided in the card for the binding.' The said operating conditions are modified by the operation Indeed, it, is easy to observe, that, in thep'osition shown in Fig; 5' for the switch 7, the current coming frpm the battery Z), after having passed through the metallic plate a and the style 0, is sent througl'i the brush in in the disk m and only in six pins m and six contacts of the switch, consequently in 12 conductors 7c 76' The conditions already as each contact y is connected by two conductors 7c 72 to two contacts 9 of the main switch d. The arm 71, during a revolution will only send the current through the elec tromagnets which are connected to the contacts g, the corresponding contacts g of which are connected in the switch 7 by the disk in." and the brush m with the metallic plate a. The electromagncts which are connected to the contacts g, the conductors of which lead to the contacts'y' in front of the pin m will permanently remain without current as said pin in is insulatedrelatively to the battery on account of the recess or cut out portion we provided in the disk m and in failure of a. conducting. connection between pins m and m which latter is in contact with the metallic ring Z. On the other hand, whatever may be the position of the style a over the metallic plate a, (that is to say either the style passes over conducting portions or over insulated portions of the metallic plate), the conductors leading to the electro'magnets connected to the contacts g of the switch (Z, the corresponding contacts 9" of which are connected by the conductors 7c 17a to the contact j corresponding to the pin m'will receive permanently-(and at each passage of arm it over said contacts 9 9) an electric current coming directly from the battery 6 through the conductor Z, the metallic ring Z, the pin m andthe connection mbetween said pins m and m.

Fig. 9 shows diagrammatically the binding which is secured by the arrangement shown in Fig. 5. Said binding has a gait over or range of eight threads or any other range corresponding to a multiple or divider of said number of threads as shown by black quadrates and crosses, In said well known binding, (eight leafed tweel) the 1st, 9th,17th, 25th. etc., of the warp threads must'be lowered while the 5th, 13th, 21st,.

etc., are lifted. In order thatthe liftingwires of the jacquard corresponding to the threads which must be lowered cannot be acted upon by the knives of the jacquard, it is necessary to provide in the card corresponding blanks or unperforated parts. During the rotation of the arm 72, it will be necessary, on passing over the contact 7 which is marked 1 and over the contact 9 which is marked 9 and so on, that said arm closes the circuit through the corres ionding electromagnets 1 and 9 even it, at that moment, the style 0 passes ove an insulated portion of the metallic plate a. This is ob tained by placing the disk in in such a position that the recesses or out out portions of correspond with 'the contacts to which are connected the conductors is is leading to the contacts 1 and 9 of the switch cl and by connecting through connection m". the pin m With pin m. The same pick requires the lifting of the warp threads which are numbered 5 13, etc., and in order that the jacquard knives act at that time on the corresponding needles and lifting-wires, it is necessary to provide corresponding holes in the card, even if, at that time, the style 0 is passing over a metallic portion of theplate a. Said result is secured by the fact'that, when the cut out portion m corresponds with the pins m" in contact with the contact marked 19 inFig. 5, the second cut out portion m is in front of the pin m which rests upon the contact to which are connected the conductors 7b 75' leading to. contacts 5 13 of the switch d. in'that case, on account of failure of a connection between .pinsm and m the current cannot pass in the conductors 70, the corresponding electromagnets 5 and 13 remain without current and, the stop plates 12 being locked, the punches can perforate the card. atthe desired places, even if, at that moment, the other electromagnets are energized by the current coming from the style 0 moving over the metallic plate a.

The diagram of Fig. 9 shows clearly that the electromagnets which are thus put in or out of circuit, vary at each pick according to the variation of the binding. So, for

instance, if for the first pick the electromag nets 1, 9, etc, were connected to the battery Whilethe electromagnets 5, 13, etc., were out of circuit, for the second pick electromagnets 1, 12, etc., must be put in circuit while 8, 16, etc, must be cutout. This is obtained in practice by intermittently rotating the sleeve m with the disk in. After each number of revolutions of arm 7i corresponding to one pick (or after: 28 completerevolutions in the example described) the disk m of the auxiliary switch 7'' is displaced manually of a quantity corresponding toof a turn in such a manner that the cut out portions m together with pins m and m with the connection m and the pins m? and m are successively placed in front of the contacts j to which the conductors of the electromagnets l, 9 andb, 13 are connected, then in front of the pins to which the conductors of the electromagnets 4, 12 and 8, v16 are connected, then 7, 15 and 3, 11, etc. The said partial rotation of the auxiliary switch f can be produced by any appropriated actuating means, eventually provided with a stop looking the disk or in each of its positions In each of said positions, the auxiliary switch f provides further, independently of the above stated function, for the distribution of the ing portions or'insulatecil portions of the metallic plate a;

The constructlon of the auxiliary switch 7 hereinbefore described is relatively simple.

on account of the fact that the range of the -binding corresponds to the number of electromagnets which are provided in the machine in such' a manner that the 17th warp thread for instance can be controlled by the first electromagnet of the system ,and the 21st by electromagnet No. 5. The conditions of working are somewhat different when the range of the binding'does not correspond to amultiple or dividerof the number of electromagnets provided in the machine. This is the case, for instance, with the binding shown in Fig. 13 in. which the range or gait over the binding is assumed to embrace five threads in such a manner that the electromagnets which must be successively put in or out of circuit are respectively those numbered 1, 6, 11, 16,'etc., and 5, 10, 15,20, etc. In this case it is necessary to combine the auxiliary switch f with a second switch 79 shown in Figs, 11 and 12.'

Switch 7 is constructed as' already described with the ditl'erence, however, that it is provided with only 5 pins, three of which are connected to the shunt circuit passing through the metallic platen, said connection being secured by disk m and sleeve m upon which rests the brush 772?. The two other pins are located as in the example of Fig. 5 so as to secure a permanent passage of the current between pins in and m through the -ed the conductors 6 leading to the electromagnets (numbered 1 to 16) after passage through the main switch (1,. already de-- scribed. \Vithin the rim of contact pieces 8 rotates a disk 14 (Fig. 12) carrying a number of contacts n corresponding to the number of rings 1* and each of which can be put in contact with the corresponding ringr by 'aid of a brush "1 and can bear, during the rotation, by aid of a blade v upon the rim of contact piecess.

' It is-easy to understand that, should the switch 1 not be provided, the required distribut'ionof current could not be secured,

indeed, referring to the position shown in Fig. 10 for switch f, it will be seen that the conductor corresponding to the electromag-' net No. 1 is permanently connected to the battery 7) through the connection in. In such conditions, if the contact 9' corresponding to pin m were connected directly to the contact No. 1 of the main switclrd, saidsw tch (5 would evidently, for a complete revolution, send the'current in' the electro magnet No. 1 only. when the arm it would be on the contacts'g g whrch are marked 1.

:main switch (Z. The same will be the case tallic plate with sleeve m and brush m while the curing arm U1 1. (marked 3) will be in action On the contrary, by aid of the secondauxiliary switch 2, in which the disk in is displaced from one coi'itact-piecc seach time the main switch (Z has advanced from five contact-pieces, the current coming from the battery b and passing permanently thrrmgh pin at will be conducted by the corresponding ring 1 and the contact piece 1) successively to the contact pieces 8 marked 1, 6, 11, 1(3, 5, etc.,in switch 7) and which'arc connected to the contacts bearing same number in the When, after a. further pick. the movable part of switch fwill be displaced from of a turn. In this. case, pin m with connection m will correspond, for instance with the contactwhich is marked 5 in switch f and a current will [low from said contact j, through the ring r which is marked 5 in switch 7 and thence through the corresponding movable contact piece a to the contact pieces of the main switch cl. During-said operation, the regular and-normal-distribution of the current passing through the meis effected as previously by the conducting'plate or disk in? cooperating rent is permanently interrupted at the pin m7. 1 t will be observed that the disk m can be modified so that the cut-out portions m provided in disk m correspond either with pins marked 3 and 1,.as shown in Fig. 10, or with pins j, marked 45 and 1 in switch f in such. a manner that. two different kinds of'windings can be obtained. The windings shown in Fig. 13 are obtained by rotation of the disk at of the switch in one or the other direction.

In'Fig. 11, the contact pieces '21, c (numbered 1, 3, f, 2. have been indicated as being upon-the contacts a which will be put in circuit: successively at each pick. In 'i'ractice, said positions will not be correct and the contact pieces '0 m must be somewhat displaced to secure the result which is to be attained. Indeed, arm hotswitch (1 rotates, asabov'e stated, at a speed which is five times greater than the speed of disk in DIE the second auxiliary switch p and, owing to said diii'erence ot.- speed, when arm 71 has advanced from five contact pieces, the contact '0 '0 (marked .1.) of the disk 24 will have advanced from one contact s and will be on the contact marked 6. The operation will suit consequently for a first revolution of disk 1/. of switch ;1; but it will not be exact, for instance, for the 3rd revolution of switch insulating (3d pick) at the moment that the contactas, indee(l,.'i or the position of arm 11 a (marked 3) whichis shown, when arm it will have advanced on pin 5, the disk to will also have received an advancein such a manner that the movable contact n (marked 8) will have attained the contact I easy/9 piece .9 which is marked 10. A similar incxact operatitm should be produced for the positions of arms 7: "a which are shown as corresponding to the other contacts, should their exact positions not 'have been pre vionslv corrected as shown in Fig. l-i. Said figure shows by the numerals 1, (i, 11, 16, 5', etc,- the positions of the pieces of contact s corresponding to the positions of Fig. 11 and by the dotted lin s 1, 3, 5, 2, at, the exact positions of the axis of the contacts o if. In theseconditions, on the first revolution of switch 2), the rotating arm n 41 (marked 1) is brought successively in contact with the pieces a (marked 1, 6, 11, etc.) at the same. moment that. ant 7:. of the main switch "(Z is upon the corresponding contacts 1, 6, 11.. on a' second revolution of switch '71, the rotating arm 41 c (marked 2) is brought successively in contact with the pieces a marked 3, 8, l3, 2, etc, at the same moment that arm h is upon the corresponding contacts 3, 8, 13, 2, etc., and soon for each. contact so .as to secure the result stated.

In the above described constructions, the bindings are in the same direction in the ground and in the figure or pattern to be woven. However it may be desirable to produce bindings o'f diiterent directions in the ground and in thepattern. In order to show the generality of application of the above described machine, a construction of auxiliary switch f'will be further described.

which'can be used in such cases and which is adapted to secure the bindlng shown 111 Fig. 18 in which said binding has been shown in combination with the dnced by the metallic plate a.

The switch f. (Figs. 15, 16, 17) is provided pat tern pro- -as in the constructions already described with a disk 11 carrying 8 pins (Fig. 16) to which are connected the conductors 7c in the order stated: 614; 19; 4.12; 7 15;

2-10; 513; 8-46; 31l. On said disk is fixed the-.metallic riiig Z permanently connected'to the battery 6 and over the-pins j -'is the disk on which is provided with the pins m permanently connected to the sleeve m upon which the brush m rests. The cut out portion m of Fig. 5 isreplaced by an piece '10 covering pin m (which is, consequently insulated) and carrying the connection in for the pins m m. Said connection in", however, instead of transmitting the current, as in F ig. 5 from the ring; Z successivelyto the pins 7', sends said current to a second set of pins 7' located in plate and permanently connected with the contacts 11-3; 8-16; 5' 13; 2-10,etc., (Fi 16) of the main switch d. Consequently when contacts 11-3 of themain switch d are permanently connected to the battery byconnection m as shown in Fig. 15, the contacts 614t are insulated by the plate w whatever may be the current distribution in the other seven pins 7'; The binding shown by white and black quadrates in Fig. 18 will thus be obtained, notwithstanding the production of the pattern which isshown as an example in said figure, which pattern is due to the distribution of the current passing through brush m sleeve m and pins ou after passage through the metallic plate a and the style 0.

Fig. 19 shows separately, for sake of clearness, the bindings alone according to the notations of Figs. 9 and 13.

The machine as described could obviously be ycry easily adapted to the production of any other combination of binding which could be required; to this end numerous modifications of details could be made to the machine as described without departing from the scope of the invention. I

hat I claim is: 1. In a card-punching machine, punches, locking means cooperatlng with Sfllfl punches, means for pressing the card to be punched against the locked punches, electromagnets cooperating with the punch-locking-means to unlock the same, ametallic plat-e carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, a current distributer; and an electric circuit including the electromagnets, metallic plate, style and current distributer.

2. In a card punching machine, punches, locking means cooperating with said punches, means for pressing the card to be punched against the locked punches, electroinagnets adapted to cotiperate successivelywith a number of punch-locking-means to unlock the same, a metallic plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, a current distributer; and an electric circuit including the electromagnets, metallic'plate, style and current distributer.

3.- In a card punching machine, punches, locking means cooperating with said punches, means for pressing-the card to be punched against the locked punches, elect-romagnets cooperating with the punch-lockplacing the said electromagnets in front of the punch-locking means, whereby several of the punch-locking means can be operated by a single 'eleetromagnet', a metallic plate carrying aY-pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, ;.a current distributer, and an electric circuit including the electromagnets, the metallic'plate, the style and the current distributer. v v

4. In a card punching machine, punches; locking means cooperating with said punches, means for pressing the card to be lug-means to unlock thesame, means for dispunched with the locked punches, electromagnets cooperating with the punch-lockinganeans to unlock a number of said punches, a metallic plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions according to the pattern, a

style adapted to 'be displaced over said me tallic plate, an electric circuit in which the electromagnets, the metallic plate and the style are included and a current distributerv included in said electric circuit and distributing a current successively in each of the electromagnets.

, 5. In a card punching machine, punches,

-the said punches being arranged in rows,

locking means cooperating with said punches, means for pressing the card to be punched against the locked punches, electroinagnets cooperating with the punch-locking means'to unlock the same, the said electromagnets being arranged in rows and each row comprising a number of electromagnets corresponding to the number of punches in one row,a metallic plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portionsv and insulated portions, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, a current distributer, and an electric circuit including the electromagnets, the metallic plate, the style and the current distributer.

, 6. In a card punching machine, punches,

the said punches being arranged in rows,

locking means cooperating with said punches, means for pressing the card to be punched against the locked punches, electromagnets cooperating with the punch-locking-means to unlock the same, the said electromagnets being arranged in rows and each row comprising a number of electromagnets corresponding to the number of punches in one I row, means for displacing the said electromagnets in front of the punch-locking- -means, whereby each row of electromagnets is adapted to successively operate ditterent rows of punches, a metallic plate carrying a,

pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions according to the pattern, astyle adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, a current distributer and an electric circuit in which the electromagnets, the metallic plate, the style and the current distributer are included,

7. In a card punching machine, punches, the said punches being arranged in rows, locking means'cooperat'ing with said punches,

"means for pressing the card to be punched against the locked punches, electromagnets cooperating with the punch-locking means,

the said electromagnets being arrangedin rows and each row comprlsing a number of inc elect-romagnets corresponding to the number of punches in one row, means for displacing the said electromagnets in front of the punch-locking means, whereby each row of electromagnets is adapted to successively operate dlfierent rows of punches in order to unlock the same, ametalhc plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions according to the pattern, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, an electric circuit in which the electromagnets, the metallic plate and thestyle are included and a current distributer, said distributer comprising main switch and auxiliary switches displacing the said electromagnets in front of the ])unch lcoking-means, whereby each row of electromagnets is adapted to successively operate difi'erent rows of punches in order to unlock the same, a metallic plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions according to the pattern, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, an electric circuit in which the electromagnets, the metallic plate and style are included-and a current distributer, also included in'said circuit and comprising a main switch distributing the current successively in each of the electromagnets and auxiliary switches, whereby certainof the electromagnets are permanently put in circuit while others are permanently cut outof the circuit. v

9. In a card punching machine, punches, the said punches being arranged in rows, locking means cobperating with said punches, means for pressing the card to be punched against the locked punches, electromagnets cooperating with the punch locking-means, the said electromagnets being arranged in rows and each row comprising a number of electromagnets corresponding to the number of punches in one row, means for displacing the said electromagnets in front of the punch-locking-means, whereby each row of electromagnets is adapted to successively operate difi'erent rows of punches in order to unlock the same, 'a

- metallic plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated porti'ons according to the pattern, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, a battery, an electric circuit in which the electromagnets, the metallic plate, the style and the battery are included and a current distributer also included in said circuit, said distributer comprising a main switch connecting successively each of the electromagnets to the battery and auxiliary switches connecting directly certain of the electromagnets to the battery while preventing permanently the passage of the current of said battery to other electromagnets, whereby blanks and holes are the card for the binding.

10. In a punching machine, punches, the said punches being arranged 111 rows, locking means cooperating-with said punches, means for pressing the card to be punched against the locked punches, electromagnets cooperating with the punch-locking-means,

the said electromagnets being arranged in rows, and each row comprising a number of electromagnets corresponding to the number of punches in one row, means for displacing the said electromagnets in front of the punch-locking-means, whereby each row of electromagnets is adapted to successively operate different rows of punches in order to unlock the same, a metallic plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions, a style adapted to be displaced over said metallic plate, a battery, an electric circuit in which theelectromagnets, the metallic plate, the style and the battery are included and a current distributer also included in said circuit, said distributer comprising a main switch and auxiliary switches, the main switch being adapted to successively send the current of the battery in the electromagnets in each of their'positions in front 710s of the locking means corresponding to a row of punches while the auxiliary switches modify the action of the main switch for certain'of the electromagnets, whereby the blanks and holes required for the binding are provided in the card.

11 In a punching machine, punches, the

said punches being arranged inrows, locking means cooperating with said punches,

electromagnets cooperating with the punchlocking-means, the said electromagnets being arranged in rows and each row comprising a number ofelectromagnets corresponding to the "number of punches in one row,

means for displacing the said electromagnets with a uniform speed in front of the punch-locking-means, whereby each row of electromagnets is adapted to succesively operate difl'erent rows of punches, a tableover which the card to be punched is con- 12o ducted, means for giving said table an up and down movement, whereby the card is pressed against the locked punches during the return of the electromagnets to their original position, a metallic plate carrying a pattern, said plate presenting blank portions and insulated portions, a style adapted 'to be displaced over said metallic plate, a

battery, an electric circuit in which the electromagnets, the metallic plate, the style and provided in a the battery are included and current distributing means, also included in said circuit, whereby the punch-locking-means are unlocked successively according to the blank portions of the metallic plate over which the style is passing while certain of the punch-locking means remain locked or are specially unlocked for the binding.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 10 two subscribing Witnesses.

PIETER MATTHIJSSEN.

Witnesses GEORGE BEDE, GREGORY PHELAN. 

